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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapters 21-39.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of Dr. Kate Warner’s lab assistant that brings her coffee in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1?
(a) Ben Adelson.
(b) Vincent Tarea.
(c) Steve Cooper.
(d) Howard Keegan.

2. What language does Harto say he will learn in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 39?
(a) English.
(b) French.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Japanese.

3. In Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 1, Dr. Kate Warner finds a photograph among her things. It is the only photograph Kate has of her childhood home where?
(a) North Dakota.
(b) London.
(c) West Berlin.
(d) Paris.

4. The mini-yacht that Harto has received from David Vale in Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 39 is said to be capable of holding how many people above deck?
(a) 10.
(b) 15.
(c) 30.
(d) 20.

5. What is the name of the man introduced by the narrator in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 2, who is watching the man who buys a New York Times at the newsstand?
(a) Adam Lynch.
(b) Conner Anderson.
(c) David Vale.
(d) Dmitry Kozlov.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Prologue, Karl Selig watches as an iceberg crumbles. Who is Karl’s grad school friend that he calls to “come check this out”?

2. What is the setting described in the opening of Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 23?

3. According to the narrator in the Prologue, Antarctica holds what percentage of the world’s ice?

4. In Part I: "Jakarta Burning," Chapter 22, Dr. Kate Warner tells David Vale that who is the Head of Immari Research?

5. When the Nazis sent expeditions to Antarctica, they claimed part of the continent as a new German province named what, according to the narrator in the Prologue?

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